Sensitive and selective detection of OH radicals using Faraday rotation spectroscopy at 2.8 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2493-2501

  Zhao, Weixiong ^a,b   Wysocki, Gerard ^c   Chen, Weidong ^a   Fertein, Eric ^a   Le Coq, David ^a   Petitprez, Denis ^d   Zhang, Weijun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d PhysicoChimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphere   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTATION;

ABSORPTION LINES; BEST CHOICE; DETECTION LIMITS; DFB DIODE LASER; DOUBLE LINE; FARADAY ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED REGIONS; LOCK-IN TIME; OH RADICAL; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SENSITIVE DETECTION;

FREE RADICALS;

HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; ROTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79851476871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002493     Document Type: Article

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